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Contributor Biographies	vii
Foreword Ruth Penfold-Mounce	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Death ≠ Failure Matt Coward-Gibbs	1
Part 1: Playing with Understandings
Chapter 1 Nonhuman Games: Playing in the Post-Anthropocene Paolo Ruffino	11
Chapter 2 Peaceful in Death: Encountering Death in the Pokémon Universe Ashley Darrow	27
Chapter 3 Staying Dead: The Corpse, Burial and Exhumation in Three Contemporary British History Plays Benjamin Poore	41
Chapter 4 Death, Playfulness and Picture Books Maggie Jackson	55
Part 2: Gaming Encounters in Gothic Environments
*Chapter 5 Living and Dying in the City of the Damned: A Close Reading of Mordheim’s* Gothic Post-Apocalypse** Jonathan D. Stubbs	69
*Chapter 6 Prepare to Die: Reconceptualising Death, and the Role of Narrative Engagement in the Dark Souls Series* (2011–2018)** Andreas Theodorou	83
Chapter 7 ‘He Died a Lot’: Gothic Gameplay in What Remains of Edith Finch Ewan Kirkland	95
Part 3: Frolics with Monsters
Chapter 8 Dead Chatty: The Rise of the Articulate Undead in Popular Culture Bethan Michael-Fox	111
Chapter 9 The Slender Man: The Internet’s Playful Creation of a Monster Vivian Asimos	125
Chapter 10 Gameful Interactions: The ‘Ludification’ of Zombie Fiction Chloé Germaine Buckley	139
Part 4: Performing Playful Realities
Chapter 11 The Jovial Aesthetics of the Death-Positivity Movement: Notes on the Appeal of Playfulness in Activism Solveiga Zibaite	157
Chapter 12 Some Games You Just Can’t Win: Crowdfunded Memorialisation, Grief and That Dragon, Cancer Matt Coward-Gibbs	173
Chapter 13 Suicide, Angst, and Popular Music Christopher Partridge	189
Index	209

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Contributor Biographies	vii
ForewordRuth Penfold-Mounce	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Death ≠ FailureMatt Coward-Gibbs	1
Part 1: Playing with Understandings
Chapter 1 Nonhuman Games: Playing in the Post-AnthropocenePaolo Ruffino	11
Chapter 2 Peaceful in Death: Encountering Death in the Pokémon UniverseAshley Darrow	27
Chapter 3 Staying Dead: The Corpse, Burial and Exhumation in Three Contemporary British History PlaysBenjamin Poore	41
Chapter 4 Death, Playfulness and Picture BooksMaggie Jackson	55
Part 2: Gaming Encounters in Gothic Environments
Chapter 5 Living and Dying in the City of the Damned: A Close Reading of Mordheim’s Gothic Post-ApocalypseJonathan D. Stubbs	69
Chapter 6 Prepare to Die: Reconceptualising Death, and the Role of Narrative Engagement in the Dark Souls Series (2011–2018)Andreas Theodorou	83
Chapter 7 ‘He Died a Lot’: Gothic Gameplay in What Remains of Edith FinchEwan Kirkland	95
Part 3: Frolics with Monsters
Chapter 8 Dead Chatty: The Rise of the Articulate Undead in Popular CultureBethan Michael-Fox	111
Chapter 9 The Slender Man: The Internet’s Playful Creation of a MonsterVivian Asimos	125
Chapter 10 Gameful Interactions: The ‘Ludification’ of Zombie FictionChloé Germaine Buckley	139
Part 4: Performing Playful Realities
Chapter 11 The Jovial Aesthetics of the Death-Positivity Movement: Notes on the Appeal of Playfulness in ActivismSolveiga Zibaite	157
Chapter 12 Some Games You Just Can’t Win: Crowdfunded Memorialisation, Grief and That Dragon, CancerMatt Coward-Gibbs	173
Chapter 13 Suicide, Angst, and Popular MusicChristopher Partridge	189
Index	209

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